How to create My Maps with beautiful custom icons

Hi @IvanLondon , you can already do that :slight_smile:

Just click on any individual layer and you’ll hide it from the main view.


@IvanLondon wrote:

@LuisRG Hi Luis, here is also a potential new twist on this initiative.

It would be cool to have an option to switch on and off various overlays with these beautiful new icons, e.g. museums, restaurants, gyms, hotels, parking, new homes, etc.

What do you think?


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@CiaranConnolly wrote:

Hi @LuisRG

Genuinely appreciate this - I really want to create maps for Northern Ireland/Ireland - we have many great opportunities for days/weekends out - like Game of Thrones filming sites, historical sites and as you mention - 24 hours in / 48 hours in - for the cities - like Belfast and Dublin. This piece saves me a lot of trial & error - and gives me some very nice ideas :slight_smile:

Thanks again!!


Thanks @CiaranConnolly !

I’d love to see those My Maps, with all of those places you mentioned. Can’t wait :slight_smile:

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@LuisRG

Thanks for sharing My Maps Beautiful costom icons.

It will be very helpful for Creating May Maps.

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I will be sure to share :slight_smile: :slight_smile: Thanks for the reply…have a nice week! Chat soon.

Ciaran

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Hora, @LuisRG

Muchas gracias por los bellos iconos.
He mejorado My Maps “48 Hours” de mio con algunos de ellos.

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Using the icons created a map 48 Hours in Rivne

Thank you @LuisRG for the idea and examples.

I did not find only the hotel custom icon.

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Thanks @OlegKostyukevich , I’ll add it to the list.

For hotels, you can use the suitcase with the stamps (in the Holiday subfolder)


@OlegK wrote:

Using the icons created a map 48 Hours in Rivne

Thank you @LuisRG for the idea and examples.

I did not find only the hotel custom icon.


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@user_not_found wrote:

Hora, @LuisRG

Muchas gracias por los bellos iconos.
He mejorado My Maps “48 Hours” de mio con algunos de ellos.


Qué bien, me alegro de ver esos nuevos iconos en tu mapa @user_not_found :slight_smile:

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Thanks, @LuisRG I changed the icon

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I’ve done Prague,

how do you like it?

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@CaptainHook wrote:

I’ve done Prague,

hoe do you like it?


Beautiful and really helpful :slight_smile:

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Dear all,

I’d like to share my best picks from two years living in Venice with you in this map.

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/Travel-and-Advice/48-Hours-in-Venice/m-p/292525#M13154

Best,

Martin

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Thank you @CaptainHook . Added :slight_smile:

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Google My maps is a really useful option

recently my country ( sri lanka) faced to a major flood situation and group of volunteers volunteered to create a custom map using google my map feature to help and identification areas which needed our help. have a look 2017 Sri Lanka Flood Crisis Map

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This is all very nice, and I created some and they were VERY cute.

They all disappeared from my map one day and took a layer with them.

I am trying to find an answer for how/why this happened so I can maybe do something different next time as they took hours to create.

I read old threads, but they pertain to firefox. I am using Chrome.

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Thank you @LuisRG for the detailed guide on creating my map.I find it interesting. I would love to create and add my own map featuring tourist points in my city which I don’t see in the current map.

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@LuisRG New maps - 48 Hours in Kyiv. Ukraine

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Thanks for adding another one, @OlegKostyukevich

Guys out there: keep them coming! There are still many cities that have no custom map we would know about… :wink: :stuck_out_tongue: :smiley:

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Hello @LuisRG

Thank you very much for your post, it’s very interesting.

Could you share again your beautiful icons set ?
It seems the link doesn’t work anymore :frowning:

beautiful my friend thanks for the development of those guides… you even develop the one for queretaro… im developing one for a close destination… but big question… how do it crop in circle de images to make the icon…